Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 181

SiP 2 181.1

व्यास उवाच ।। सनत्कुमार सर्वज्ञ हते तस्मिन्सुरद्रुहि ।। किमकार्षीत्ततस्तस्य ज्येष्ठभ्राता महासुरः

vyāsa uvāca || sanatkumāra sarvajña hate tasminsuradruhi || kimakārṣīttatastasya jyeṣṭhabhrātā mahāsuraḥ

Vyāsa said: O Sanatkumāra, all-knowing one, when that foe of the gods had been slain, what then did his elder brother, the great asura, do?

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SiP 2 181.2

कुतूहलमिति श्रोतुं ममाऽतीह मुनीश्वर ।। तच्छ्रावय कृपां कृत्वा ब्रह्मपुत्र नमोस्तु ते स तेपे मंदरद्रोण्यां तपः परमदारुणम् ।। ऊर्द्ध्वबाहुर्नभोदृष्टिः षादांगुष्ठाश्रितावनिः राज्याभिषिक्तः प्रपितामहेन त्रैलोक्यनाशाय मतिं चकार ।। उत्साद्य धर्मान् सकलान्प्रमत्तो जित्वाहवे सोपि सुरान्समस्तान् ।। प्रह्लाद उवाच।। एष प्रविष्टो भगवाननंतो नृसिंहमात्रो नगरं त्वदंतः ।। निवृत्य युद्धाच्छ रणं प्रयाहि पश्यामि सिंहस्य करालमूर्त्तिम् तस्मिन्हते देवरिपौ प्रसन्नः प्रह्लादमामंत्र्य कृतप्रणामम् ।। राज्येऽभिषिच्याद्भुतवीर्यविष्णुस्ततः प्रयातो गतिमप्रतर्क्याम्

kutūhalamiti śrotuṃ mamā'tīha munīśvara || tacchrāvaya kṛpāṃ kṛtvā brahmaputra namostu te sa tepe maṃdaradroṇyāṃ tapaḥ paramadāruṇam || ūrddhvabāhurnabhodṛṣṭiḥ ṣādāṃguṣṭhāśritāvaniḥ rājyābhiṣiktaḥ prapitāmahena trailokyanāśāya matiṃ cakāra || utsādya dharmān sakalānpramatto jitvāhave sopi surānsamastān || prahlāda uvāca|| eṣa praviṣṭo bhagavānanaṃto nṛsiṃhamātro nagaraṃ tvadaṃtaḥ || nivṛtya yuddhāccha raṇaṃ prayāhi paśyāmi siṃhasya karālamūrttim tasminhate devaripau prasannaḥ prahlādamāmaṃtrya kṛtapraṇāmam || rājye'bhiṣicyādbhutavīryaviṣṇustataḥ prayāto gatimapratarkyām

Great is my curiosity to hear this, O lord of sages; show me favour and let me hear it, O son of Brahmā; homage to you. — He practised most terrible austerity in a valley of Mandara, his arms upraised, his gaze on the sky, touching the ground (only) with his toe-tips. Consecrated in the kingship by his great-grandfather, he set his mind on the destruction of the three worlds; having wiped out all the dharmas, heedless, he too conquered all the gods in battle. — Prahlāda said: This is the Lord, the endless one, in the mere form of a man-lion, who has entered the city, within you; turn back from the fight and go for refuge — I behold the terrible shape of the lion. — When that foe of the gods was slain, Viṣṇu of wondrous valour, well pleased, called to Prahlāda who had made obeisance, and having consecrated him in the kingdom, then went to that state which is beyond reasoning.

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SiP 2 181.3

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य व्यासस्य स मुनीश्वरः ।। सनत्कुमारः प्रोवाच स्मृत्वा शिवपदाम्बुजम् ततो गृहीतस्स मृगाधिपेन भुजैरनेकैर्गिरिसारवद्भि ।। निधाय जानौ स भुजांतरेषु नखांकुरैर्दानवमर्मभिद्भिः

brahmovāca || ityākarṇya vacastasya vyāsasya sa munīśvaraḥ || sanatkumāraḥ provāca smṛtvā śivapadāmbujam tato gṛhītassa mṛgādhipena bhujairanekairgirisāravadbhi || nidhāya jānau sa bhujāṃtareṣu nakhāṃkurairdānavamarmabhidbhiḥ

Brahmā said: Having heard those words of Vyāsa, that lord of sages, Sanatkumāra, recalling the lotus feet of Śiva, spoke. — Then he was seized by the lord of beasts with his many arms that were like the hard core of mountains, and, placed upon his knee between his arms, with sprout-like claws that split the dānava's vital parts...

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SiP 2 181.4

।। सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। भ्रातर्येवं विनिहते हरिणा क्रोडमूर्तिना ।। हिरण्यकशिपुर्व्यास पर्यतप्यद्रुषा शुचा

|| sanatkumāra uvāca || bhrātaryevaṃ vinihate hariṇā kroḍamūrtinā || hiraṇyakaśipurvyāsa paryatapyadruṣā śucā

Sanatkumāra said: When his brother had thus been slain by Hari in the boar's form, Hiraṇyakaśipu, O Vyāsa, was tormented with rage and grief.

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SiP 2 181.5

ततः प्रजानां कदनं विधातुं कदनप्रियान् ।। निर्दिदेशाऽसुरान्वीरान्हरि वैरप्रियो हि सः

tataḥ prajānāṃ kadanaṃ vidhātuṃ kadanapriyān || nirdideśā'surānvīrānhari vairapriyo hi saḥ

Then, to bring about the slaughter of living beings, he gave orders to the heroic asuras who loved slaughter; for he was one who loved enmity toward Hari.

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SiP 2 181.6

अथ ते भर्तृसंदेशमादाय शिरसाऽसुराः।। देवप्रजानां कदनं विदधुः कदनप्रियाः

atha te bhartṛsaṃdeśamādāya śirasā'surāḥ|| devaprajānāṃ kadanaṃ vidadhuḥ kadanapriyāḥ

Then those asuras, taking their master's command upon their heads, wrought slaughter of the gods and of living beings, for they loved slaughter.

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SiP 2 181.7

ततो विप्रकृते लोकेऽसुरैस्तेर्दुष्टमानसैः।। दिवं देवाः परित्यज्य भुवि चेरुरलक्षिताः

tato viprakṛte loke'suraisterduṣṭamānasaiḥ|| divaṃ devāḥ parityajya bhuvi ceruralakṣitāḥ

Then, when the world had been afflicted by those evil-minded asuras, the gods abandoned heaven and wandered on earth unrecognized.

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SiP 2 181.8

हिरण्यकशिपुर्भ्रातुस्संपरेतस्य दुःखितः ।। कृत्वा करोदकादीनि तत्कलत्राद्यसांत्वयत्

hiraṇyakaśipurbhrātussaṃparetasya duḥkhitaḥ || kṛtvā karodakādīni tatkalatrādyasāṃtvayat

Hiraṇyakaśipu, grieving for his dead brother, performed the water-offerings and the other (rites), and consoled his wives and the rest.

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SiP 2 181.9

ततस्स दैत्यराजेन्द्रो ह्यजेयमजरामरम् ।। आत्मानमप्र तिद्वंद्वमेकराज्यं व्यधित्सत

tatassa daityarājendro hyajeyamajarāmaram || ātmānamapra tidvaṃdvamekarājyaṃ vyadhitsata

Then that foremost king of the daityas wished to make himself unconquerable, ageless and deathless, without a rival, and sole sovereign.

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SiP 2 181.11

तस्मिंस्तपस्तप्यमाने देवास्सर्वे बलान्विताः ।। दैत्यान्सर्वान्विनिर्जित्य स्वानि स्थानानि भेजिरे

tasmiṃstapastapyamāne devāssarve balānvitāḥ || daityānsarvānvinirjitya svāni sthānāni bhejire

While he was practising austerity, all the gods, having gained strength, defeated all the daityas and resorted to their own stations.

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SiP 2 181.12

तस्य मूर्द्ध्नस्समुद्भूतः सधूमोग्निस्तपोमयः ।। तिर्यगूर्द्ध्वमधोलोकानतपद्विष्वगीरितः

tasya mūrddhnassamudbhūtaḥ sadhūmognistapomayaḥ || tiryagūrddhvamadholokānatapadviṣvagīritaḥ

From his head there arose a smoking fire made of his austerity, which, driven in every direction, scorched the worlds sideways, above and below.

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SiP 2 181.13

तेन तप्ता दिवं त्यक्त्वा ब्रह्मलोकं ययुस्सुराः।। धात्रे विज्ञापयामासुस्तत्तपोविकृताननाः

tena taptā divaṃ tyaktvā brahmalokaṃ yayussurāḥ|| dhātre vijñāpayāmāsustattapovikṛtānanāḥ

Scorched by it, the gods left heaven and went to Brahmā's world; their faces disfigured by that heat, they made (the matter) known to the Creator.

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SiP 2 181.15

अथ विज्ञापितो देवैर्व्यास तैरात्मभूर्विधिः।। परीतो भृगुदक्षाद्यैर्ययौ दैत्येश्वराश्रमम् १।। प्रताप्य लोकानखिलांस्ततोऽसौ समागतं पद्मभवं ददर्श ।। वरं हि दातुं तमुवाच धाता वरं वृणीष्वेति पितामहोपि ।। निशम्य वाचं मधुरां विधातुर्वचोऽब्रवीदेव ममूढबुद्धिः

atha vijñāpito devairvyāsa tairātmabhūrvidhiḥ|| parīto bhṛgudakṣādyairyayau daityeśvarāśramam 1|| pratāpya lokānakhilāṃstato'sau samāgataṃ padmabhavaṃ dadarśa || varaṃ hi dātuṃ tamuvāca dhātā varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti pitāmahopi || niśamya vācaṃ madhurāṃ vidhāturvaco'bravīdeva mamūḍhabuddhiḥ

Then, O Vyāsa, the self-born Ordainer (Brahmā), thus informed by those gods, surrounded by Bhṛgu, Dakṣa and the rest, went to the hermitage of the lord of the Daityas. Then he (the Daitya), having scorched all the worlds, saw the lotus-born one arrived; and the Ordainer, in order to grant a boon, said to him, "Choose a boon"; and the Grandfather too— the deluded-minded one, hearing the sweet speech of the Ordainer, spoke (these) words.

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SiP 2 181.16

हिरण्यकशिपुरुवाच ।। मृत्योर्भयं मे भगवन्प्रजेश पितामहाभून्न कदापि देव ।। शास्त्रास्त्रपाशाशनिशुष्कवृक्षगिरीन्द्रतोयाग्निरिपुप्रहारैः

hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca || mṛtyorbhayaṃ me bhagavanprajeśa pitāmahābhūnna kadāpi deva || śāstrāstrapāśāśaniśuṣkavṛkṣagirīndratoyāgniripuprahāraiḥ

Hiraṇyakaśipu said: O Blessed One, lord of creatures, Grandfather, O god, let there never be any fear of death for me — not from weapons, missiles, nooses, thunderbolt, dry tree, mountain-lord, water, fire, or from the blows of enemies;

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SiP 2 181.17

देवैश्च दैत्यैर्मुनिभिश्च सिद्धैस्त्वत्सृष्टजीवैर्बहुवाक्यतः किम् ।। स्वर्गे धरण्यां दिवसे निशायां नैवोर्द्ध्वतो नाप्यधतः प्रजेश

devaiśca daityairmunibhiśca siddhaistvatsṛṣṭajīvairbahuvākyataḥ kim || svarge dharaṇyāṃ divase niśāyāṃ naivorddhvato nāpyadhataḥ prajeśa

nor from gods, Daityas, sages, Siddhas, (or) the living beings created by you — what need of many words? — not in heaven, not on earth, not by day, not by night, not from above, nor from below, O lord of creatures.

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SiP 2 181.18

सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। तस्यैतदीदृग्वचनं निशम्य दैत्येन्द्र तुष्टोऽस्मि लभस्व सर्वम् ।। प्रणम्य विष्णुं मनसा तमाह दयान्वितोऽसाविति पद्मयोनिः

sanatkumāra uvāca || tasyaitadīdṛgvacanaṃ niśamya daityendra tuṣṭo'smi labhasva sarvam || praṇamya viṣṇuṃ manasā tamāha dayānvito'sāviti padmayoniḥ

Sanatkumāra said: Hearing this such speech of his, (Brahmā said,) "O lord of the Daityas, I am pleased; obtain it all." Having bowed to Viṣṇu in his mind, the lotus-born one, filled with compassion, said this to him:

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SiP 2 181.19

अलं तपस्ते परिपूर्ण कामस्समाः सहस्राणि च षण्णवत्य ।। उत्तिष्ठ राज्यं कुरु दानवानां श्रुत्वा गिरं तत्सुमुखो बभूव

alaṃ tapaste paripūrṇa kāmassamāḥ sahasrāṇi ca ṣaṇṇavatya || uttiṣṭha rājyaṃ kuru dānavānāṃ śrutvā giraṃ tatsumukho babhūva

"Enough of your austerity; your desire is fulfilled, and (so are) ninety-six thousand years. Rise, exercise kingship over the Dānavas." Hearing that speech, he became glad-faced.

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SiP 2 181.21

ततो भयादिंद्रमुखाश्च देवाः पितामहाज्ञां समवाप्य सर्वे ।। उपद्रुता दैत्यवरेण जाताः क्षीरोदधिं यत्र हरिस्तु शेते

tato bhayādiṃdramukhāśca devāḥ pitāmahājñāṃ samavāpya sarve || upadrutā daityavareṇa jātāḥ kṣīrodadhiṃ yatra haristu śete

Then out of fear the gods headed by Indra, all of them, having obtained the Grandfather's command (i.e. leave), being oppressed by that best of Daityas, went to the ocean of milk where Hari lies.

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SiP 2 181.22

आराधयामासुरतीव विष्णुं स्तुत्वा वचोभित्सुखदं हि मत्वा ।। निवेदयामासुरथो प्रसन्नं दुःखं स्वकीयं सकलं हि तेते

ārādhayāmāsuratīva viṣṇuṃ stutvā vacobhitsukhadaṃ hi matvā || nivedayāmāsuratho prasannaṃ duḥkhaṃ svakīyaṃ sakalaṃ hi tete

They worshipped Viṣṇu exceedingly, praising him with words, considering him indeed the giver of happiness; and then, (when he was) gracious, they made known to him all their own suffering.

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SiP 2 181.23

श्रुत्वा तदीयं सकलं हि दुःखं तुष्टो रमेशः प्रददौ वरांस्तु ।। उत्थाय तस्माच्छयनादुपेन्द्रो निजानुरूपैर्विविधैर्वचोभिः

śrutvā tadīyaṃ sakalaṃ hi duḥkhaṃ tuṣṭo rameśaḥ pradadau varāṃstu || utthāya tasmācchayanādupendro nijānurūpairvividhairvacobhiḥ

Hearing all that suffering of theirs, the lord of Ramā, being pleased, granted boons; Upendra, rising from that couch, with various words befitting himself,

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SiP 2 181.24

आश्वास्य देवानखिलान्मुनीन्वा उवाच वैश्वानरतुल्यतेजाः ।। दैत्यं हनिष्ये प्रसभं सुरेशाः प्रयात धामानि निजानि तुष्टाः

āśvāsya devānakhilānmunīnvā uvāca vaiśvānaratulyatejāḥ || daityaṃ haniṣye prasabhaṃ sureśāḥ prayāta dhāmāni nijāni tuṣṭāḥ

having consoled all the gods and the sages, he whose splendour equals fire's said: "O lords of the gods, I shall slay the Daitya by force; go, pleased, to your own abodes."

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SiP 2 181.25

श्रुत्वा रमेशस्य वचस्सुरेशाः शक्रादिकास्ते निखिलाः सुतुष्टाः।। ययुः स्वधामानि हिरण्यनेत्रानुजं च मत्वा निहतं मुनीश

śrutvā rameśasya vacassureśāḥ śakrādikāste nikhilāḥ sutuṣṭāḥ|| yayuḥ svadhāmāni hiraṇyanetrānujaṃ ca matvā nihataṃ munīśa

Hearing the word of the lord of Ramā, those lords of the gods, Śakra and all the rest, well pleased, went to their own abodes, holding the younger brother of Hiraṇyākṣa already slain, O lord of sages.

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SiP 2 181.26

आश्रित्य रूपं जटिलं करालं दंष्ट्रायुधं तीक्ष्णनखं सुनासम् ।। सैंहं च नारं सुविदारितास्यं मार्तंडकोटिप्रतिमं सुघोरम्

āśritya rūpaṃ jaṭilaṃ karālaṃ daṃṣṭrāyudhaṃ tīkṣṇanakhaṃ sunāsam || saiṃhaṃ ca nāraṃ suvidāritāsyaṃ mārtaṃḍakoṭipratimaṃ sughoram

Assuming a form matted-haired, terrible, armed with fangs, sharp-clawed, fine-nosed, at once lion and man, with mouth gaping wide, like a crore of suns, most dreadful,

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SiP 2 181.27

युगांतकालाग्निसमप्रभावं जगन्मयं किं बहुभिर्वचोभिः ।। अस्तं रवौसोऽपि हि गच्छतीशो गतोऽसुराणां नगरीं महात्मा

yugāṃtakālāgnisamaprabhāvaṃ jaganmayaṃ kiṃ bahubhirvacobhiḥ || astaṃ ravauso'pi hi gacchatīśo gato'surāṇāṃ nagarīṃ mahātmā

of power equal to the fire at the end of an age, comprising the whole world — what need of many words? — the great-souled Lord went, when the sun had set, to the city of the Asuras.

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SiP 2 181.28

कृत्वा च युद्धं प्रबलैस्स दैत्यैर्हत्वाथ तान्दैत्यगणान्गृहीत्वा ।। बभ्राम तत्राद्रुतविक्रमश्च बभंज तांस्तानसुरान्नृसिंहः

kṛtvā ca yuddhaṃ prabalaissa daityairhatvātha tāndaityagaṇāngṛhītvā || babhrāma tatrādrutavikramaśca babhaṃja tāṃstānasurānnṛsiṃhaḥ

And having made war with the mighty Daityas and then slain those hosts of Daityas, seizing (them), the Man-Lion roamed there with swift valour and crushed those Asuras one after another.

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SiP 2 181.29

दृष्टस्स दैत्यैरतुलप्रभावस्ते रेभिरे ते हि तथैव सर्वे ।। सिंहं च तं सर्वमयं निरीक्ष्य प्रह्लादनामा दितिजेन्द्रपुत्रः ।। उवाच राजानमयं मृगेन्द्रो जगन्मयः किं समुपागतश्च

dṛṣṭassa daityairatulaprabhāvaste rebhire te hi tathaiva sarve || siṃhaṃ ca taṃ sarvamayaṃ nirīkṣya prahlādanāmā ditijendraputraḥ || uvāca rājānamayaṃ mṛgendro jaganmayaḥ kiṃ samupāgataśca

He of incomparable power was seen by the Daityas, and they all likewise cried out; and seeing that lion who comprised all things, the son of the lord of Diti's brood, named Prahlāda, said to the king: "This lion-lord, comprising the world — why has he come?

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SiP 2 181.31

यस्मान्न योद्धा भुवनत्रयेऽपि कुरुष्व राज्यं विनमन्मृगेन्द्रम् ।। श्रुत्वा स्वपुत्रस्य वचो दुरात्मा तमाह भीतोऽसि किमत्र पुत्र

yasmānna yoddhā bhuvanatraye'pi kuruṣva rājyaṃ vinamanmṛgendram || śrutvā svaputrasya vaco durātmā tamāha bhīto'si kimatra putra

Since there is no warrior (to match him) even in the three worlds, rule your kingdom while bowing to the lion-lord." Hearing his own son's words, the evil-souled one said to him: "Why are you afraid here, son?"

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SiP 2 181.32

उक्त्वेति पुत्रं दितिजाधिनाथो दैत्यर्षभान्वीरवरान्स राजा ।। गृह्णंतु वै सिंहममुं भवंतो वीरा विरूपभ्रुकुटीक्षणं तु

uktveti putraṃ ditijādhinātho daityarṣabhānvīravarānsa rājā || gṛhṇaṃtu vai siṃhamamuṃ bhavaṃto vīrā virūpabhrukuṭīkṣaṇaṃ tu

Having spoken thus to his son, that king, the overlord of Diti's brood, (said) to the bulls among Daityas, the best of heroes: "You heroes, seize this lion with his misshapen frown and glare!"

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SiP 2 181.33

तस्याज्ञया दैत्यवरास्ततस्ते ग्रहीतुकामा विविशुर्मृगेन्द्रम् ।। क्षणेन दग्धाश्शलभा इवाग्निं रूपाभिलाषात्प्रविविक्षवो वै

tasyājñayā daityavarāstataste grahītukāmā viviśurmṛgendram || kṣaṇena dagdhāśśalabhā ivāgniṃ rūpābhilāṣātpravivikṣavo vai

At his command those best of Daityas then, wishing to seize him, entered upon the lion-lord; in an instant they were burnt up, like moths (entering) fire, wishing to rush in out of desire for his form.

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SiP 2 181.34

दैत्येषु दग्धेष्वपि दैत्यराजश्चकार युद्धं स मृगाधिपेन ।। शस्त्रैस्समग्रैरखिलैस्तथास्त्रैश्श क्त्यर्ष्टिपाशांकुशपावकाद्यैः

daityeṣu dagdheṣvapi daityarājaścakāra yuddhaṃ sa mṛgādhipena || śastraissamagrairakhilaistathāstraiśśa ktyarṣṭipāśāṃkuśapāvakādyaiḥ

Even though the Daityas were burnt, the Daitya king made war with the lord of beasts, with all weapons entire and likewise with all missiles — spear, lance, noose, hook, fire and the rest.

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SiP 2 181.35

संयुध्यतोरेव तयोर्जगाम ब्राह्मं दिनं व्यास हि शस्त्रपाण्योः ।। प्रवीरयोर्वीररवेण गर्जतोः परस्परं क्रोधसुयुक्तचेतसोः

saṃyudhyatoreva tayorjagāma brāhmaṃ dinaṃ vyāsa hi śastrapāṇyoḥ || pravīrayorvīraraveṇa garjatoḥ parasparaṃ krodhasuyuktacetasoḥ

As those two fought, O Vyāsa, a day of Brahmā passed for the two weapon-handed ones, those foremost heroes roaring at each other with a hero's cry, their minds wholly possessed by wrath.

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SiP 2 181.36

ततः स दैत्यस्सहसा बहूंश्च कृत्वा भुजाञ्छस्त्रयुतान्निरीक्ष्य।। नृसिंहरूपं प्रययौ मृगेन्द्र संयुध्यमानं सहसा समंतात्

tataḥ sa daityassahasā bahūṃśca kṛtvā bhujāñchastrayutānnirīkṣya|| nṛsiṃharūpaṃ prayayau mṛgendra saṃyudhyamānaṃ sahasā samaṃtāt

Then that Daitya, suddenly making many arms furnished with weapons, and beholding (him), advanced upon the Man-Lion form, O lion-lord, that was fighting on all sides at once.

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SiP 2 181.37

ततस्सुयुद्धं त्वतिदुस्सहं तु शस्त्रैस्समस्तैश्च तथाखिलास्त्रैः ।। कृत्वा महादैत्यवरो नृसिंहं क्षयं गतैश्शूल धरोऽभ्युपायात्

tatassuyuddhaṃ tvatidussahaṃ tu śastraissamastaiśca tathākhilāstraiḥ || kṛtvā mahādaityavaro nṛsiṃhaṃ kṣayaṃ gataiśśūla dharo'bhyupāyāt

Then, having waged a fine but most unendurable fight with all his weapons and likewise with every missile, the foremost of the great demons, trident in hand, advanced upon the Man-Lion, his weapons having come to naught.

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SiP 2 181.39

. ।। नखास्त्रहृत्पद्ममसृग्विमिश्रमुत्पाद्य जीवाद्विगतः क्षणेन ।। त्यक्तस्तदानीं स तु काष्ठभूतः पुनः पुनश्चूर्णितसर्वगात्रः

. || nakhāstrahṛtpadmamasṛgvimiśramutpādya jīvādvigataḥ kṣaṇena || tyaktastadānīṃ sa tu kāṣṭhabhūtaḥ punaḥ punaścūrṇitasarvagātraḥ

Having brought out with the weapon of his claws the heart-lotus (of the demon), mingled with blood, in an instant he was bereft of life; abandoned then, he became like a log, with all his limbs crushed again and again.

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SiP 2 181.41

ततोऽतिहृष्टास्सकलास्सुरेशाः प्रणम्य विष्णुं दिशि विप्र तस्याम् ।। ययुः स्वधामानि पितामहाद्याः कृतस्वकार्यं भगवंतमीड्यम्

tato'tihṛṣṭāssakalāssureśāḥ praṇamya viṣṇuṃ diśi vipra tasyām || yayuḥ svadhāmāni pitāmahādyāḥ kṛtasvakāryaṃ bhagavaṃtamīḍyam

Then all the lords of the gods, greatly delighted, having bowed in that direction, O brahmin, to Viṣṇu, to the praiseworthy Lord who had accomplished his own task, went to their own abodes, Brahmā and the rest.

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SiP 2 181.42

प्रवर्णितं त्वंधकजन्म रुद्राद्धिरण्यनेत्रस्य मृतिर्वराहात् ।। नृसिंहतस्तत्सहजस्य नाशः प्रह्लादराज्याप्तिरिति प्रसंगात्

pravarṇitaṃ tvaṃdhakajanma rudrāddhiraṇyanetrasya mṛtirvarāhāt || nṛsiṃhatastatsahajasya nāśaḥ prahlādarājyāptiriti prasaṃgāt

Now the birth of Andhaka from Rudra has been recounted, and the death of Hiraṇyanetra by the Boar, and by the Man-Lion the destruction of his brother, and Prahlāda's obtaining of the kingdom — all incidentally.

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SiP 2 181.43

शृणु त्विदानीं द्विजवर्य मत्तोंधकप्रभावं भवकृत्यलब्धम् ।। हरेण युद्धं खलु तस्य पश्चाद्गणाधिपत्यं गिरिशस्य तस्य

śṛṇu tvidānīṃ dvijavarya mattoṃdhakaprabhāvaṃ bhavakṛtyalabdham || hareṇa yuddhaṃ khalu tasya paścādgaṇādhipatyaṃ giriśasya tasya

Now hear from me, O best of the twice-born, the power of the intoxicated Andhaka, obtained through Bhava's doing; and afterwards indeed his battle with Hara, and his lordship over the hosts of that Giriśa.

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